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SAUNDERS, William

Aircraft Information
Aircraft Avro Lancaster III
Serial Number JA923
Markings OF-H
Memorial information
Burial/Memorial Country Belgium
Burial/Memorial Place Heverlee War Cemetery
Grave Reference Coll. grave 6. E. 2..
Epitaph
IBCC Memorial Information
Phase 2
Panel Number 238
Enlistment information
Service Number 1585455
Service Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Group 8
Squadron 97 (Straits Settlements)
Trade Air Gunner
Country of origin if different United Kingdom
Last Operation information
Start Date 04-10-1943
End Date 05-10-1943
Takeoff Station Bourn
Day/Night raid Night
Operation Frankfurt. 409 aircraft including three B-17s. 11 losses, including one B-17 (2.5%). This was the last raid where American aircraft were involved. Clear weather led to good marking and extensive destruction to the eastern half of the city and the inland docks. Tragically, an orphanage housed in a former Jewish hospital suffered a direct hit resulting in the death of 90 children, 14 nuns and some other members of staff
Reason for Loss Believed to have come down at Dauborn, SE of Limburg, Belgium and were initially buried there. Unusually, their graves are now in Belgium